Strengthening of the Centre for Human Rights.

UN Commission on Human Rights (48th sess. : 1992 : Geneva), Strengthening of the Centre for Human Rights., E/CN.4/RES/1992/53, UN Commission on Human Rights, 3 March 1992, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unchr/1992/en/8732 [accessed 13 January 2025]
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1992/53.
Strengthening of the Centre for Human Rights

The Commission on Human Rights, Recalling General Assembly resolutions 45/180 of 21 December 1990, 45/248 B of 21 December 1990, in particular section VI thereof, and 46/118 of 17 December 1991, Economic and Social Council resolutions 1990/47 of 25 May 1990 and 1991/36 of 31 May 1991 as well as its own resolutions 1989/46 of 6 March 1989, 1989/54 of 7 March 1989, 1990/25 of 27 February 1990 and 1991/23 of 5 March 1991, Recalling General Assembly resolution 46/185 C of 20 December 1991, section XIX, on questions related to the proposed programme budget for the biennium 1992-1993 relevant to section 28, human rights, Considering that the promotion of universal respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms is one of the basic purposes of the Charter of the United Nations and an issue of the utmost importance for the Organization, Recalling also that the Commission, in paragraph 30 of its report (E/CN-4/1988/85 and Corr.1) to the Special Commission of the Economic and Social Council, reaffirmed that "the paramount consideration in the employment of staff at every level is the need for the highest standards of efficiency, competence and integrity, and is convinced that this is compatible with the principle of equitable geographical distribution". and bearing in mind Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, Recognizing the important role of the Centre for Human Rights in the promotion, protection and implementation of human rights and the need to provide sufficient human resources to the Centre, particularly in view of the fact that its workload has greatly increased while resources have failed to keep pace with the expansion of its responsibilities, as noted in various reports of the Secretary-General (E/1990/50 and A/45/807), Taking note of the interim report of the Secretary-General (E/CN.4/1992/75) on the developments relating to the activities of the Centre for Human Rights, and on the measures taken to implement General Assembly resolution 46/118 , Noting that the Centre for Human Rights has been requested by the Commission on Human Rights and the Economic and Social Council to carry out additional mandates after the preparation of the proposed programme budget for the biennium 1992-1993,

1. Emphasizes that, in implementing the budget for the biennium 1992-1993, adequate staffing, temporary assistance and other resources should be allocated to the Centre for Human Rights so as to enable it to respond to its increasing workload and to cover its needs in order to carry out all the functions assigned to it, including all the mandates and the preparations for the World Conference on Human Rights and the Conference itself;

2. Requests the Secretary-General to take into account, when preparing the budget outline for the biennium 1994-1995, that adequate resources are projected for human rights, in particular for the Centre for Human Rights;

3. Decides to consider the question again at its forty-ninth session.

52nd meeting
3 March 1992
[Adopted without a vote. See chap. XI.]
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